BEIJING, Nov. 19 -- China's power generation rose 1.3 percent year on year to 661 billion kilowatt-hours in October, official data showed.

The growth reversed a 0.4-percent year-on-year decline logged in September, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

In a breakdown, wind and solar power generation registered fast growth in the period, rising 19.2 percent and 24.7 percent over one year ago, respectively.

Thermal power generation inched up 3.2 percent year on year, retreating 2.9 percentage points from the previous month, while that of nuclear power grew 7.4 percent year on year, compared with a 2.7-percent decline in September.

Hydropower output, however, shrank 17.7 percent year on year in October.

China's power generation amounted to 7 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first ten months, a year-on-year increase of 2.2 percent, the data showed.